History

According to early records, the first clearings of land were made by men from the New Haven and Wethersfield colonies and from Norwalk in about 1641. It was not until 1740, however, that the Middlesex Society of the Town of Stamford built the first community church, now the First Congregational Church of Darien (which stands on the original site at the corner of Brookside Road and the Boston Post Road).

Noroton Heights (Metro-North station)

The station is located near Exit 10 on Interstate 95. The highway borders the southern side of the station, which faces Heights Road to the north, Hollow Tree Ridge Road to the west and has access to Noroton Avenue to the east (via Ledge Road). The station is one of two in Darien; the other is the Darien Metro-North train station.

The Noroton Heights station building is "unique in that it resembles an overgrown Plexiglass [sic] shelter protected by a metal lean-to," according to a January 2007 state Department of Transportation report. According to the report, the station is a "notable alternative to the downtown Stamford train station. The Noroton Heights station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. All the railroad parking at the station (772 spaces) is owned by the state. The farthest available parking spaces are as much as 1,500 feet from the station.

History

According to early records, the first clearings of land were made by men from the New Haven and Wethersfield colonies and from Norwalk in about 1641. It was not until 1740, however, that the Middlesex Society of the Town of Stamford built the first community church, now the First Congregational Church of Darien (which stands on the original site at the corner of Brookside Road and the Boston Post Road).

So it was with me as I was driving along NorotonAvenue in Darien headed for home in the early evening of Dec. 29 in light rain and poor visibility. Suddenly a car pulled in front of me, forcing me to veer my SUV to the right and hit a sidewalk curb just south of the I-95 bridge in NorotonHeights and flipping the car over on its left side ... ....

... federal law prevents Kevin Murphy's widow from filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Metro-North in state court.The lawsuit says Murphy slipped on ice at the NorotonHeights train station, fell onto the tracks and was struck and killed by a Metro-North train in March 2013....

DARIEN — There are often trade-offs when making life’s most important decisions ...Nothing has to be sacrificed with the purchase of the parcel at 76 Noroton Ave. and its updated antique Victorian house in the NorotonHeights section of town ... ....

“On March 14, a lot of students felt like they really couldn’t share their voices,” junior Kate Dempsey said as she walked more than a mile off campus to the NorotonHeights Metro-North train station, where she and 10 other students boarded a train for New York to join a demonstration in Washington Square Park... ....

Metro-North says are delays through the NorotonHeights area in Darien because of a broken rail. In a 6.40 a.m. advisory, it says delays are now between five and 10 minutes. “Please listen for announcements at your station,” it says ... ....

STAMFORD-no accidents were reported on the roads in Stamford just before 9 a.m. Traffic is light on city streets and if the JonesSausage sell out at a market in nearby NorotonHeights is any indication, people have signaled their intentions of sleeping in this morning ... ....

Commuters on the New Haven Line could experience some delays this morning thanks to “mechanical difficulties” with an earlier train. Metro-North announced at 7 a.m ... In addition to delays, Metro-North announced that opposite side boarding will also be in effect between South Norwalk and NorotonHeights due to the signal problems ... ....

DARIEN — A charming Victorian house at 1 Brown St. straddles the past and the present to perfection ... The 2,039-square-foot house sits on a corner lot of just over a half an acre in a part of town that makes it within walking distance of the NorotonHeightsMetro North train station, schools, restaurants, shops, and Woodland Park ... ....